AIPAC and US evangelicals under the spotlight
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
Two films by Israeli filmmakers give us insights into the Israel Lobby in the US.
They reveals significant shifts in recent years.
Aipac (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, sometimes described as the US branch of Netanyahu’s Likud party) is losing influence as Jews become increasingly apprehensive about the direction Israel is taking.
In the meantime the influence of evangelical Christians, for whom Israel is a central piece of their agenda, continues to grow alarmingly.
This article was originally published by Haaretz on Wed 9 Sep 2020. Read the original here.
Israeli Filmmakers Put AIPAC and U.S. Evangelicals Under the Spotlight – and Are Alarmed at What They Find
Two new documentaries, ‘Kings of Capitol Hill’ and ‘Til Kingdom Come,’ offer a fascinating snapshot of the past, present and future of pro-Israel lobby groups in Washington
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Brilliant. These films tell a story everyone should know. Wish Keir Starmer was on your mailing list. He certainly needs some educating.
Evangelicals/Christian Zionists support Israeli Zionists in their (Palestinian) human rights-abusing, settler-colonial project to resettle all of ancient Zion with a majority of Jews. This, in end-of-times theology will fulfill a requirement for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Do these deluded people think that He will look favourably on them for supporting this gross abuse of Palestinians?